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Carmen Basilio vs Lester Felton — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Carmen Basilio

Lester Felton

Carmen Basilio (56-16-7) and Lester Felton (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Basilio

56

Wins27 KO · 48%

16

Losses

7

Draws79 tracked bouts

Felton

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Felton leads 1–0

Carmen Basilio and Lester Felton have met 1 time; Felton leads 1–0.

Carmen Basilio and Lester Felton have met 1 time; Felton leads 1–0.
Met1951May 29Series
Carmen BasilioFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lester FeltonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Basilio 6 · Felton 0 of 6 measurable rows
BasilioFelton
Record†
56-16-7 (edge)2-6
Win %0–100%
75.3% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
48.21%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
48% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.4
6.4 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 79
79
8

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Carmen Basilio: 5′7″
Lester Felton: No height on file
Agenot held
Carmen Basilio: Died aged 85
Lester Felton: No date of birth
Stance
Carmen Basilio: Orthodox
Lester Felton: Not recorded

Carmen Basilio left, Lester Felton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Carmen Basilio56 wins · from 79 tracked bouts

Carmen Basilio: 56 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (48%) and 29 on the cards (52%). Counted from 79 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 48%29 on the cards 52%

Lester Felton2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Lester Felton: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carmen Basilio 79, Lester Felton 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Basilio better on 2 · Felton better on 1

Basilio

Opponent

Felton

  • Carmen Basilio

    2–1 against

    Win, TKO 2

    1957

    Win, TKO 9

    1956

    Loss, UD

    1956

    SaxtonBasilio better

    Lester Felton

    Loss, DQ 6

    1952

  • Carmen Basilio

    Loss, SD

    1953

    GavilánFelton better

    Lester Felton

    Win, SD

    1949

  • Carmen Basilio

    Win, UD

    1953

    WilliamsBasilio better

    Lester Felton

    Loss, UD

    1950

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Carmen Basilio had won two in a row before losing a decision to Paul Pender. Basilio last boxed on Apr 22, 1961.LLWWL

Fullmer Aug 1959Fullmer Jun 1960Ortega Jan 1961Jordan Mar 1961Pender Apr 19616.4 tracked bouts per year

Lester Felton last boxed on Jun 6, 1957 — 25,342 days ago. Felton had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Brown Apr 1951Basilio May 1951Saxton Mar 1952Benton Jan 1953Castellani Jun 19571 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carmen Basilio and Lester Felton ever fought each other?
Yes. Carmen Basilio and Lester Felton met once on May 29, 1951, and Lester Felton won by UD.
The meeting

LMay 29, 1951 · Felton · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Basilio or Felton?
Carmen Basilio is 56-16-7 and Lester Felton is 2-6 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Carmen Basilio has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Basilio56–16–775.3%

Felton2–625%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Basilio or Felton?
Carmen Basilio has 27 knockout wins and Lester Felton has 0. Carmen Basilio has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Basilio2748.2%

Felton0

The Numbers ↓
Do Basilio and Felton have any common opponents?
Carmen Basilio and Lester Felton share 3 common opponents: Johnny Saxton, Kid Gavilán and Ike Williams. Carmen Basilio fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Johnny Saxton2–1L

Kid GavilánLW

Ike WilliamsWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Basilio and Felton?
This comparison is drawn from 79 bouts tracked for Carmen Basilio and 8 bouts tracked for Lester Felton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Basilio79bouts

Felton8bouts

How They Win ↓

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